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I know, I know, all you want to know is whether you need an umbrella. That’s what you say  now.  But once you take a spin through the various approaches to weather apps available for the iPad, well, you’ll still just want to know whether you need an umbrella. But you’ll have an enhanced appreciation for just how much some people care about the weather. And if because of some early childhood event involving a thermometer or a puddle in the parking lot behind your apartment complex, you actually  obsess  about the weather, look no further. Our ultimate weather app round-up can help you pick the weather app that’s right for you. We cannot, however, prescribe medication. User Reviews Weather HD Developer:  vimov, LLC  Price:  $0.99  Download on the App Store Weather HD tells your logical brain what it wants to know—wind speed, temperature, precipitation, and humidity—and gives you local conditions or forecasts for any city. Meanwhile,...

Photo Editing  Apps range from fully featured to simplistic, from innovative to prosaic. Fortunately, so do the needs of their users. If you crave every feature imaginable? Check. Want a fun new intuitive touchy-feely experience? That’s available too. Technically deep pro photo touchup, hold the kid stuff? No problem.  Photo Editing  apps on the iPad are six kinds of awesome, as illustrated – no pun intended – below. Photogene for iPad  ( $3.99, Omer Shoor) Photogene does the expected (professional) stuff effortlessly, and adds a level of “play” appropriate to mobile photo editing. Edit photo files, or edit directly on your clipboard, then output to e-mail, Twitter, Facebook, or your iPad photo library. You can crop, straighten, sharpen, adjust saturation and curves, resize, apply a variety of effects, and set macros to apply a combination of commands. Multiple undo/redo levels keep the experience fluid. Photogene even throws in cartoon text bubbles. Amat...

Someone either much wiser or just much snottier than me once said, “Painting is easy. Art is hard.” These apps can get you painting on your iPad. Is it art? It depends who you ask – just don’t ask that guy. Brushes – iPad edition  ($7.99. Steve Sprang) I know, I know, “stop right there.” For years, Brushes has been the gold standard of painting apps for the iPhone, and the iPad edition was re-engineered to take advantage of the new platform. Work in up to 6 layers, and blend them in various modes. Select from a full desktop-worthy  color picker , save your favorites as swatches, and undo and redo to your heart’s content. The kicker: a replay of every brushstroke, in-app. That means you can work on a smallish file on your iPad, and replay the work you did on a higher-resolution file on your desktop computer. No wonder national magazine covers have been painted with this app. (Also, read our  Brushes for iPhone  review.) Layers – Pro Edition for iPad ...

iPad 2 on Orange Orange is offering its customers the iPad 2 3G for £199 if you sign up for a two-year contract. The offer is for the 16GB 3G iPad 2, and the £25 per month data package consists of 1GB of anytime data plus another 1GB of data from midnight to 4pm. iPad 2 on Vodafone Like Orange, Vodafone is to sell the new Apple iPad 2 to its existing customers for £199, again for those willing to sign up to a two-year deal. The £199 offer is for the 16GB 3G iPad 2, with customers paying a monthly subscription of £24.50. Data-wise, this package consists of a monthly data allowance of 2GB, plus 1GB of Wi-Fi access through BT OpenZone. Additional data is charged at £15 per GB. For new customers the iPad 2 price is £229 for the 16GB 3G model with a monthly tariff of £27. Full Vodafone iPad tariffs as shown above can be found on the  Vodafone site . iPad 2 on T-Mobile T-Mobile has announced its subsidised iPad 2 pricing - stating that you'll be able to pick up...